夕 闇(ゆうやみ)

ゆうやみ

noun

evening darkness; twilight gloom

literarytime-general weather

1. evening darkness; dusk; twilight gloom

The darkness that falls in the evening as the sun sets. A literary and evocative word for the dimness of dusk.

夕闇(ゆうやみ)が迫(せま)ってきた。

Evening darkness was closing in.

夕闇(ゆうやみ)の中(なか)を一人(ひとり)で歩(ある)いた。

I walked alone in the evening darkness.

夕闇(ゆうやみ)に包(つつ)まれた街(まち)に、ぽつぽつと明(あ)かりが灯(とも)り始(はじ)めた。

In the town wrapped in evening darkness, lights began to flicker on one by one.

A literary and poetic word. 夕闇(ゆうやみ) evokes atmosphere and mood more than a simple time reference.

Common collocations

夕闇(ゆうやみ)が迫(せま)る: evening darkness approaches
夕闇(ゆうやみ)に包(つつ)まれる: to be enveloped in evening darkness
夕闇(ゆうやみ)の中(なか): in the evening darkness
夕闇(ゆうやみ)に紛(まぎ)れる: to slip away under cover of dusk

Similar words

夕暮(ゆうぐ)れ: evening, dusk (more neutral and common)
薄暮(はくぼ): dim twilight (formal/literary)
黄昏(たそがれ): twilight, dusk (literary; also figuratively "decline")
夕方(ゆうがた): evening (everyday term)

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Literary. Common in novels, poetry, and descriptive writing. Rarely used in casual conversation, where 夕方(ゆうがた) or 暗(くら)くなってきた would be more natural.

Related Words

Compare: 夕暮(ゆうぐ)れ (evening, dusk)

Compare: 薄暮(はくぼ) (dim twilight)

Compare: 黄昏(たそがれ) (twilight, dusk (literary)

Compare: 夕方(ゆうがた) (evening)

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